JSON – Javascript Serialized Object Notation JSON has key-value pair Following is the format of JSON {name: "Nilesh", age: 31, city: "Kolhapur"} We will submit data using ajax and get a response as JSON $.ajax({ type:'POST', url:'submit.php', data:{ name: "Abc" }, dataType: 'json', success:function(data){ console.log( data.name ); }, error:function(data) { alert(data); } }); POST method $.post( "submit.php", { name: "Abc" }, function( data ) { console.log( data.name ); }, "json"); Following is shortform $.getJSON( "submit.php", function( data ) { console.log( data.name ); });